Three explosions during a traditional new year festival in 2010 killed at least 10 people.

"There is no new year festival for us," the resident said.

Seven years on, he still gets homesick, especially during the lunar new year festival.

He said the protest leaders would meet after the Songkran new year festival to "discuss our next move".

The following is a list of new year festivals:

Millions of workers head back to their ancestral towns and villages to celebrate the Chinese new year festival.

Financial markets were closed on Tuesday at the start of the Songkran new year festival.

During the Compitalia, a new year festival, the cult images were displayed in procession.

The ritual may have been a new year festival representing the expulsion of the old year.

According to the city environmental sanitation department, 58 tonnes of used fireworks were picked off Beijing's streets during the new year festival in 2011.

Of what significance is the dragon in Chinese New Year festival?

This drum is commonly used for New Year festivals and there are many special rhythms played on them.

Spring New Year festival may refer to the following:

It operates a Japanese new year festival.

Once in a year, the New Year Festival was to be celebrated.

The area was reportedly busy with roadside merchants and people celebrating the Nowruz new year festival.

There were many travelers on the road, taking advantage of the last weeks before the snow fell, going home for the New Year Festival.

January 1, is the New Years festival.

There is a New Year festival celebrations which again are celebrated differently depending on the tradition of the country.

Almost every New Year festival throughout human history and across the globe has been associated with creation and renewal.

The Lunar New Year Festival is an annual event which was first held in 1996.

The New Year festival for Marduk assured the fertility in their fields.

The main exception to this occurs during festivals, especially the New Year Festival, when boys and girls take part in group games.

Another register depicts a banquet ant a New Year Festival.

The new year festival was in early February this year and mid-February last year.